A wee meteorite impact caught on video, Gaia closes its eyes

Very rare footage of a mini-impact, and the Gaia spacecraft has been shut down

Gaia took a hit — twice! — but it’s still taking the measure of the Universe

Plus: Happy BAN 750th, and a really beautiful photo of ice from space

Gaia spots binary asteroids, Voyager 2 instrument shut off, I’ll be talking in Houston

We’re finding more asteroids with moons!

Meet Gaia BH3: The most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way

Astronomers found the black hole as it tosses its companion star around

BAN# 116: Gaia’s Gap

May 23, 2019 Issue #116

BAN #110: Gaia rocks, Lovejoy’s ice

Star cluster vs. giant molecular cloud: who wins?

The answer surprised me, and I do so love being surprised.

More Voyager instruments switched off; finding rogue planet distances

Power saving activated for far-flung probes; Gaia and Hubble team up

Mars may have an ocean of liquid water... 11 km under its surface

Marsquakes reveal a lot of underground water. Maybe. Plus an EarthSky interview about Gaia.

The second closest known black hole to Earth has been found

Using a clever and subtle technique, astronomers have found a black hole that’s only 3,800 light-years from us. The tell: It’s tossing around a star with the mass of the Sun like a ball on a string.

BAN #324: Equine Moonrise, Rethinking the Milky Way’s structure

20 May 2021 Issue #324

A red giant appears to orbit a black hole, but how did it get there?

The binary system has a lot of mysteries to answer for